The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-04-27

am very ssslau OF the oppoftunl-
ty given me by the query to thank
Notes and Queries for the recon-
mendation of dry salt as a cure for.
falling hair. My hair had come ont
frightfully for several months, so.
that | dreaded touching it with a
brush. Thinking that salt could
do no harm, anyway and remember
ing the benefit always derived from
sea air and bathing. 1 tried it and
was surprised at the result, for after
three applications putting it on at
night and brushing and shaking out
in the morning-no one hair came
out with the most vigorous brushing
/ have used it three or four times
week since the middle of November,
and notice a perceptible thiekoning
Of my hair and no disagreeable re-
suits whajever. The treatment
might not be 20 beneficial to every
one, Of course, but 1 have wrTtten
thus fully, feeling that could hard
ly say too much in praise ofwhat has
been SO successful with myself
One of the strangest things in life
to us is that rascality should be ac-
copied as synonymous with smart
ness by so many people who ought
to know better. The truth is, that
good sense will save man from
rascality, and the want of it will
lead him into 1t. We have known
men with a flashy talent or two and
a great deal of cheek, impudence.
villainy and scoundrelism, who for
a number of years succeeded in
maintaining reputation fr eNcep-
tional intellectual powers. while
those who were close to them and
had witnessed their various acts of
villainy and folly knew that. not
withstanding the periodical glare
and glitter they exhibited to the
public, they We're little better than
down right fools; that they were in
the habit of doing things bright
boy of ten would be ashamed to do.
The way of the transgressor is hard
and his sins will surely find him
out.
One of our exchanges gives the
timely advice which .is-worthy the
attention OF Mason county people
when it says: The law fixes the
first day of April as the time after
which work may be done on public
roads. 1t should begin soon after
that date as the condition of the
ground will permit. Winter has
left many of the highways in very
bad condition, and little timely re-
pairing would greatly facilitate
travel. The earlier in the season
work on the roads is done, the more
solid and substantial will they be
when winter comes. If the work
isipostponed until the weather gets
hot, and the ground becomes hard,
very little will be done and it had
better be left undone than to be
done in the fall.
s'Give an example of an inmova-
bic obstacle, said the teacher. And
the smart bad boy at the foot of the
class suggested three girls on the
sidewalk. The teacher, who usually
had to wolk in the middle of the
street herself, sent him right I'D to
tie head of the class and told him
to stay there for week.
Father (to family physician) =
Isn't George Sampson relative
of yours, doctor?7 Family Physi-
Yes, he is nephew. Faith
er-"He wants my daughter Clara,
but gave him to understand that
she wouldn't get any of my money
until after my DEATH Family
Physician" That was right
George was asking about your
health to-day
Belmont. Ga, boasts of woman
"who goes out aud chops wood with
her husband. We suppose the hus-
band must be hatchet-taced, and has
at some time been drummer
Johnson-"IIow are you old man. .
Thomson-eI'm sick Indeed. Well
if it wasn't for that you'd fsel just
as good asany one. Why; you haven't
SO much to complain OF, after all
When Johann Strauss plays on
the piano he uses an instrument
that cannot be heard beyond his
room. What a splendid example
he sets before the world OF piano
players.
a contemporary says: aWe. con
sumed much more pig iron the first
six months of this year than during